This is my sixth visit to Israel, and I am amazed at your apparent
prosperity. It seems that every flat has a TV, usually color, one and
sometimes two cars, and other modern appliances." Few visitors to
Israel would dispute that glowing report, which came from an American
tourist in a letter to the Jerusalem Post. Highways are flooded with
new cars. Shop windows are filled with food processors, freezers and
videocassette recorders. At Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, long queues
of vacation-bound Israelis wait...